Display rack drawer



Jan. 19, 1932. F. F. KUTZSCHBACH ET AL 1,341,827

I DISPLAY RACK DRAWER Filed Oct. 24. 1927 Patented Jan. 19, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPLAY RACK DRAWER Application filed October 24, 1927. Serial No. 228,276.

This invention relates to a combination display rack for photographic and pictorial display together with concealed compartments located in the base of said display rack, designed for the containing of jewelry and other valuables.

The primary object of our invention is to provide 7 a device of this character which will serve as a display for said pictorial representations, either as a rack, screen or panel, and will also be provided with secret or hidden compartments in the base of each rack standard to afiord a convenientsecret place for the keeping of jewels and other valuables.

Another object is the provision of a device that is simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture.

This stand is made so that it stands upright without auxiliary legs or braces and is designed to appear to be for decorative purposes only, so that a thief would not expect to find valuables hidden in the body of the device.

These objects and advantages may be better comprehended in the course of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a front elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the compartment housing.

Figure 4 is a plan View of the compartment housing Continuing the description, in Figure l, a display panel 1 is shown having an opening 2 therein for the reception of display media. This panel is secured on each side within the upright members or standards 33, which support illuminating means 44.

These standards have bases 5-5, hereinafter referred to as standard bases, which are sions 77 which in assembling the device are adapted to be bent at right angles to the plane of the base 9 and secured upon the top member 6 of the assembly. These extensions serve to rigidly maintain the spaced relationship of the base 9 and the top member. A pin 10, adapted to pass through the top and base members engages a. compartment member 11a, within which a compartment 11 has been formed. This compartment member swings back against the extensions 77, when in the concealed position, and away from them when in the opened position. Secured to the front of the compartment member are strips 88, adapted to be identical in appearance with the members 77 when the compartment is moved into place between the base and the upper members. These members 8--8, or strips, also prevent the compartment member from movement beyond a position centered between the upper and the base members. The standards after being placed over the compartment assembly hide the pins 1010. I

Thus the compartment when closed has the appearance of being an integral part of the rest of the assembly, the strips 7 -7 and 8-8, being seemingly for purpose of decoration only. 75

As a result, a thief would not expect to find a compartment within the base.

This device may be used for pictorial display or support a timepiece or other mantelpiece article in the aperture, as may be clesired.

Our idea is to combine an article ostensibly for decorative or ornamental purposes with a compartment adapted to retain such valuables as may be desired.

We claim:

1. In combination with a vertically arranged standard, of a base thereof having a top member and a base member spaced apart, a stop connecting said members, an annular compartment member having an outer periphery of shape and circumference substantially identical with the outer periphery of the base, and pivotally mounted, at one side, on said base to swing into and out of u alignment with said base, a stop carried by said compartment member and engageable with said top member said stops forming means to maintain the base and top members in spaced aligned relationship and to limit the swinging movement of the compartment melnber, in one direction.

2. The combination with a vertically disposed standard, of a base therefor, said base comprising a base member, and a top member spaced from the base member, one of said members having a pair of extensions secured to the other member and forming means for spacing said members apart, acompartment member pivotally mounted between said base and top members and adapted to be swung on its pivot into and out of alignment with said base and top lllQlIlbClS, said compartment member having a pair of stops adapted to engage one of the other members said extensions and stops forming means to prevent the compartment member from movement, in one direction, beyond a position approximatelyccntercd between said base and top mem bers.

3. The combination with a vertically disposed standard, of a base therefor, said base lncluding a base member and a top member and an anchor connecting said members and spacing them apart and forming a stop, a compartment member pivotally mounted, at one side, between the base and top members,

to swing on a vertical axis into and out ofalignment with said base and top members, a. stop carried by said compartment member and engageable with said base said stops forming means to prevent the compartment member from movement, in one direction, beyond a position approximately centered.

between said base and top members.

4. The combination with a vertically arranged standard, of a base member having a, pair of spaced extensions at right angles to the plane of the base thereof, a top member spaced from the base member and secured to said extensions, a compartment member having an outer periphery of a shape similar to that of the base member, a pin through the top and base members and through the compartment member at one side, said extensions being located so as to form stops for the compartment member when the latter is aligned with the base and top members, spaced strips secured to the compartment member and having projecting ends which engage one of said other members and which are effective to stop the compartment member and maintain it in alignment with said other members, said extensions and strips being spaced substanr tially unlform dlstances apart around the base.

In testimony whereot' we have signed our names to this specification.

FRANK F KUTZSCHBACH. HEDVVIG KUTZSCHBACH. 

